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Biography



1956 Born UK
1965 Came to Australia
1975 Studied Bachelor of Arts
1977 Travelled to Europe & UK


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1980,2003,07 Sulman Prize, AGNSW

1982,83,85,89,90 Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize

1985 Faber-Castell Art Prize, Rex Irwin Art Dealer

1992-2006 Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin

1993,94,2001 Kedumba Drawing Award, NSW

1993,94,98,99,2000,01 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney

1993,95,2007 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1993, 94, 96, 98, 99, 2000, 01 Dobell Prize, AGNSW

1994,96,98,2003 Wynne Prize, AGNSW

1994-2006,09 Archibald Prize, AGNSW

1994 Urban and Urbane, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiter Prize, Qld
- Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Melbourne

1998,2000 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney

1999 Universities and Schools Club Prize, Sydney

2000,02 Favourites, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Dickerson Scott, Melbourne
- Images of Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

2001,02,03,05 Extinction Denied, Sydney

2001 GrantPirrie Artist-In-Residence

2002 Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
- Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery NSW
- The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2003 Ned Kelly Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2004 Contemporary Australian Prints , AGNSW
- Still Life, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
- Dobell Drawing Prize: The First Ten Years, AGNSW

2004, 06, 09 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW

2005 Australian Icons Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, NSW
- Open Bite (Cicada Press), COFA, Sydney
- Important Works On Paper, Crossley and Scott,
Melbourne
-The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
- Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, Chiangmai University Art Museum,Thailand
- Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Regional Gallery

2006 Inaugural Exhibition, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
- Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW

2007 Australian Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- The View From Here: Margaret Olley, William Robinson & Nicholas Harding, Lismore Regional Art Gallery

2008 Figure in the Landscape, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- Led Zeppelin World Tour, SH Ervin Gallery & Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
- Important Drawings, Sculpture & Ceramics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- Nicholas Harding: On Drawing and Painting, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
- Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Melbourne Art Fair
- The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

2009 Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
-Figurative Painting, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
-Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
-Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
-Controversy and Acclaim:Highlights of the Mosman Art Prize 1947-2007, Mosman Art Gallery
-Idle Hours, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1992,93,95,97,99,2001,02,04,05,06,07,09,10 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

1997 Theo Waddington Fine Art, London

2004,06,09 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

2005,07 Crossley Scott, Melbourne

2008 Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne

2010 Drawn to Paint 25 Year Survey Exhibition, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2010 Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide


AWARDS

1993 Mosman Art Prize
1994 Kedumba Drawing Award
1998 Commended, Archibald Prize
1999 Universities and Schools Club Prize
2000 Lane Cove Drawing and Print Prize
2001 Archibald Prize
2001 Dobell Drawing Prize
2001 Hills Grammar Prize
2001 Kings School Art Prize
2003 Centenary Medal
2005 Highly Commended, Archibald Prize
2005 Peoples Choice, Archibald Prize
2006 Kilgour Prize


COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Australia
National Portrait Gallery
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Kedumba Gallery of Contemporary Drawing, NSW
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Opera Australia
APRA/AMCOS
University of NSW
University of Sydney Union
Mosman Municipal Council
University and Schools Club
Private and Corporate Collections in Australia, Asia, UK and USA




Caravan park (satellite dish and dog) 2006  Oil on Belgian linen 154x154cm Private collection
Caravan park (satellite dish and dog) 2006 Oil on Belgian linen 154x154cm Private collection